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verwinden

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vərˈʋɪn.də(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ver‧win‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndən

Etymology 1

From ver- +‎ winden (“to wind a coil”).

Verb

verwinden

  1. (transitive) to wind up
  2. (transitive) to wind in a different way, to rewind
  3. (transitive, of substance) to use up or waste by winding
  4. (transitive) to move by means of winding, to move with a windlass
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (strong class 3a, prefixed), infinitive ...

Etymology 2

From wind (“wind”) +‎ ver- -en.

Verb

verwinden

  1. (transitive) to make blown by the wind, to dry by the wind
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of (weak, prefixed), infinitive ...
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German

Etymology

From Middle High German verwinden, from Old High German firwintan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ winden.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fərˈvɪn.dən/, [fɐˈvɪn.dn̩], [-ˈʋɪn-], [-dən], /fɛr-/, [fɛɐ̯-]
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧win‧den
  • Rhymes: -ɪndn̩

Verb

verwinden (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verwindet, past tense verwand, past participle verwunden, past subjunctive verwände, auxiliary haben)

  1. (higher register) to get over, to cope with, to overcome (a loss, trauma, etc.)
    Synonyms: bewältigen, hinwegkommen über, überwinden, verkraften, verschmerzen
    Auch nach drei Jahren hat er die Trennung von seiner Frau nicht verwunden.
    Even after three years he hasn’t gotten over the separation from his wife.
    • 2018 December 30, Iris Radisch, “Leute mit falscher Postadresse”, in Die Zeit‎, Hamburg, →ISSN:
      Stattdessen versammelt sich die Schar der Gescheiterten um den nach der Ersatzdroge Subutex genannten Titelhelden, einen Clint Eastwood des Pariser Undergrounds, der in den Buttes-Chaumont im Freien lebt und dort alle tröstet, die den Niedergang von Sex, Drogen und Rock ’n’ Roll im neuen, cleanen Jahrtausend nicht verwinden können.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (archaic) to overcome, to defeat
    Synonyms: besiegen, bezwingen, überwältigen, überwinden, unterwerfen
  3. (rare, dated) to twist out of shape, to warp
    Synonyms: verbiegen, verdrehen, verkrümmen, verzerren

Conjugation

Conjugation of verwinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information infinitive, present participle ...

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of verwinden (class 3 strong, auxiliary haben)
More information perfect, singular ...

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